Nau mai, haere mai
New Zealand's specialist GPs and rural hospital doctors train with us. We set the standards for safe, equitable practices, and we're the proud voice of our 6,000 members.
Nau mai, haere mai
New Zealand's specialist GPs and rural hospital doctors train with us. We set the standards for safe, equitable practices, and we're the proud voice of our 6,000 members.
Study with us
Take the next step in your career and specialise as a general practitioner or a rural hospital doctor. We also welcome overseas-trained doctors who have a range of options for becoming New Zealand GPs.
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Insights, GP profiles, medical opinion and more.
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Budget 2024: Boost for primary care welcomed, but more details needed on how funding will be allocated
May 30, 2024
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2024 Greg Judkins Prize for Reflective Poetry
May 27, 2024
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College Chief Executive appointed
May 16, 2024
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Second funding round opens for research benefitting general practice
May 28, 2024
Full-time vacancy | Canterbury
Join our lovely practice in Waimate GPEP2 + Go on, live dangerously!
Listed: 01 July 2024
We promise to provide interesting work in a well organised and supportive modern practice, whilst being flexible in engaging you for days of the week and times to work in for you. We can provide a fully furnished, high quality house available for you and your family if needed.
Part-time vacancy | Canterbury
Part-time GP sought for convenient city location
Listed: 01 July 2024
We are currently recruiting for a part-time GP for our clinic based in Waltham, Christchurch for .4 but flexible around this. Waltham Health Centre is a well established clinic with a great support team based 5 minutes from the city centre.
Locum vacancy | Auckland
2 x GP locums required pre-Christmas based in Greenlane, Auckland
Listed: 01 July 2024
We are looking for two locums for the following dates:
1 locum from 9 December 2024 to 13 December 2024 and 2 locums from 16 December 2024 to 20 December 2024
Times for these would be 8:30am-4:30pm, weekdays only.
Negotiable remuneration.
Locum vacancy | Auckland
Locum GP
Listed: 26 June 2024
Desperately seeking a GP locum from 19-30 August, 6-10 tenths in a fabulous but small practice on Auckland's North Shore. Other dates considered. Contact Kris at krisvdbeek@lycos.com.
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Each year our members pay a subscription fee, which gives them several membership benefits. There's savings, mental health support, learning tools and more.
The Foundation Standard
Completion of The Foundation Standard is compulsory for general practices in Aotearoa who wish to receive Government funding.
Fund your research
We fund research that benefits general practice, rural general practice, and rural hospital medicine. People don’t need to be doctors or College members to apply.
Dr Jason Tuhoe talks about general practice
The GP life chose me
Dr Jason Tuhoe is a Fellow of the College and says the GP life chose him.
“I saw during my training that general practice is about relationships and I couldn’t get that in the same, meaningful way in a hospital."
What does the GP workforce look like in Aotearoa?
Learn more about the facts and figures of general practice and rural hospital medicine in New Zealand.
Data and statistics